People v. Marquez CA4/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Marquez and two other defendants were charged with felonies arising from, among other things, participation in a scheme to fraudulently use the personal identifying information of 60 prison inmates to obtain unemployment benefits from EDD. (Marquez, supra, 93 Cal.App.5th at pp. 705–706.)

2 Marquez pled guilty to making a false statement to obtain unemployment benefits (Unemp. Ins. Code, § 2101, subd. (a)), possession for sale of a controlled substance (Health & Saf. Code, § 11351), and unauthorized use of the personal identifying information of another (Pen. Code, § 530.5, subd. (a)). (Marquez, supra, 93 Cal.App.5th at p. 706.) Marquez admitted that the fraudulent scheme resulted in losses to the victim of more than $500,000 (Pen. Code, § 186.11, subd. (a)(1), (2)), and she agreed that victim restitution to EDD would be joint and several with her codefendants. (Marquez, supra, 93 Cal.App.5th at p. 706.) The trial court sentenced Marquez to prison for a total term of five years four months. (Ibid.) Marquez’s codefendants also entered guilty pleas and were sentenced. (Ibid.) At a March 15, 2022 hearing, the trial court ordered victim…